My name is Carlo DeVito, and I am the author of East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia published by Rutgers University Press. This blog is dedicated to primarily east coast wines and wineries including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also feature products and information from other regions.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Eastern Wineries Exposition 2013 A Success!

Well, another trip down to Pennsylvania in March come and
gone, and what happened this year?

We EWE continues to be my favorite show. Firstly, there’s
real working sessions. It was the first show where I intended to spend more
time really soaking up the workshops and round tables than I spent on the show
floor. Yes, I did spend money, but the real value in the show was in the
seminars.

Where Eastern Wineries Exposition excels as a show, it is in
Richard Leahy’s ability to blend extension agent science with winemaker
practical know-how. Great talks by Chris Gerling, etc. were very valuable, as
he and Denise Garner talked about the chemicals reactions in various wine
situations. But the winemaker round tables are absolutely invaluable.

This year, Leahy put together a tasting of Seyval Blanc,
Traminette, and Riesling. The idea was to incorporate hybrids and vinifera into
the same conversation, tackling wine making issues with high acidity whites.
Freakin’ brilliant. One from Texas, one from the Hudson Valley, one from
Virginia, and one from New England. Each winemaker talked about problems they had,
techniques or equipment they used, what yeasts or oak treatments, or cooling
treatments, etc. I thought it was incredibly valuable!

Solid seminar too on Facebook and Tweeting. Great talk by
Peter Bell from Fox Run. Great seminar or oxidation of white wines. Hard cider
day was also highly lauded. Great,
practical seminars for winemakers and winery owners.

And saw lots of folks as usual.

Seven Mountain won the Pennsylvania Governor's Cup 2013!

The Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE), which took place March
6-8 at the Lancaster County Convention Center in downtown Lancaster, PA,
persevered over a regional snow storm to experience a increase in both booth
sales and show registration over 2012. EWE 2013 had 174 exhibitors, up from 134
in 2012 or 28%, and 1063 winery and vineyard attendees, up 17% from 934 last
year. Accordingly, the exposition will likely become the largest such trade
show and conference for the wine industry on the East Coast.

The Eastern Winery Exposition is an Eastern-focused wine
industry trade show and conference designed to provide the Eastern U.S. and
Canadian wineries and vineyards with an easily accessible, low-cost
professional meeting with a large number of winery and vineyard suppliers, at
the right time of year. A strong conference program featured 22 sessions plus a
half-day workshop on hard cider Friday 3/8, and 37 speakers. The exhibit hall
featured 174 suppliers relevant to our region’s business of wine making, networking
events, and sponsorship by 18 state and regional associations are all integral
components of EWE.

The Second Annual Eastern Industry Celebration Dinner and
Award Ceremony took place Wednesday 3/7 and honored Douglas Moorhead of Presque
Isle Wine Cellars with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work laying the
foundations of today’s post-Prohibition Pennsylvania wine industry with
spearheading legislation for small family wineries, as well as his own winery
and winemaking supply businesses.

Eastern Winery Exposition brings together the combined
expertise and experience of Bob Mignarri (Show Manager), Richard Leahy
(Conference Manager), and events professional Marcia Gulino (Operations
Manager) and two knowledgeable and actively engaged advisory boards. Bob has
over 30 years of successful trade show management experience and has earned a
reputation among exhibitors as someone who recognizes and understands their
needs and concerns. Richard Leahy is a renowned wine industry expert with 16
years of experience in developing quality conference programs.

Explains Show Manager Bob Mignarri, “When I began the
planning for the Eastern Winery Exposition, I wanted to create a focused trade
show and conference that would bring the Eastern wine industry together at a
central location, in a first class facility, yet at an affordable cost.
Furthermore, I wanted to cultivate an atmosphere where wineries and vineyards
would feel that this show is truly their event."

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About Me

Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He has been a published executive for more than 20 years. He shepherded the wine book program of Wine Spectator as well as worked with Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Evan Dawson, Greg Moore, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He has also published Salvatore Calabrese, Jim Meehan, Clay Risen, and Paul Knorr.
Mr. DeVito is the inventor of the mini-kit which has sold more than 100,000,000 copies world wide. He has also publisher such writers as Stephen Hawking, E. O Wilson, Philip Caputo, Gilbert King, James McPherson, John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, David Margolick, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift.
He is also the owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, co-founder of the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country.
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